13: Courage series - Why you should step outside your comfort zone
Jul 29, 2019
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Exploring courage and risk-taking, the podcast delves into facing fears, stepping outside comfort zones, and taking courageous actions. It challenges listeners to rethink their perspectives on risk and encourages them to embrace fear to find authentic courage.
Courage involves challenging the stories we tell ourselves about risk to take more courageous steps.
Vulnerability is essential for emotional courage and building genuine connections with others.
Deep dives
Stepping outside your comfort zone
The podcast explores the concept of stepping outside of one's comfort zone and taking risks in order to achieve personal and professional growth. It shares a story of a client who pushed herself to ask for a large sum of money for a culture change goal, despite it being outside of her normal comfort zone. The podcast emphasizes that courage is not about removing fear, but rather about feeling the fear and acting anyway. It encourages listeners to identify a goal or dream that they have been avoiding and to consider the risks associated with it. By acknowledging their fears and taking calculated risks, individuals can achieve significant growth and success.
The importance of vulnerability
In the upcoming episodes, the podcast will explore the importance of vulnerability as a key element of courage. It highlights the significance of showing one's authentic and vulnerable self, rather than hiding behind a mask or shield. The podcast suggests that vulnerability is an essential aspect of being emotionally courageous and building genuine connections with others. It teases that the next episode will delve deeper into this topic and invites listeners to join in for further exploration on how vulnerability can lead to personal and professional growth.
What would represent stepping several steps outside your comfort zone for you? What are the risks you have been unwilling to take? The opportunities you have not yet grabbed? In this episode Carolyn helps you to challenge the stories you tell yourself about risk, and tests whether you can change them so you are able to take more courageous steps than you have before.